The Monsters of Morgan Island

One strange girl. One strange island. Monsters thrown into the pit at the end of Main Street. One winter, everything changes -- but not for the better. A short story by the award-winning author of Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories. Originally published in Asimov's magazine.Tangent Recommended Reading List.

Sandra McDonald is a Navy veteran, college instructor and former Hollywood assistant. Her acclaimed science fiction novels are about love, duty and really big spaceships. As Sam Cameron, she also writes adventure books set in the Florida Keys for gay and straight teens.

Her short fiction has appeared in dozens of national, small press and online magazines and anthologies. Her collection "Diana Comet and other Improbable Stories" won the Lambda Literary Award for science fiction/fantasy, was a Booklist Edtior's Choice, and is an American Library Association "Over the Rainbow" noted book.